Tag: July 4th

• Joy as Resistance

  

  A hot day following a string of hot, even all time record-setting days. Bright sun and increasingly muggy conditions abound. The natural world is already quiet at 11 am. It is Independence Day, a holiday for some and a retail work day for many. It is a difficult day for us as a nation; this…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 4, 2018

  Arts, First Nations, Healing, Shamanism, Social issues

  First Nations, healing, July 4th, Shamanism

• Thoughts on the 4th of July

  The July 4th holiday has past, last night’s fireworks following a torrent of rain from an impressive thunderstorm. For a few days I have been thinking about the strange, or perhaps, not so strange, tension July 4th holds for me. My parents, as far as I know, did not face the holiday with the same…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 5, 2015

  First Nations, Social issues

  July 4th, Native American, U.S. History